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they bought farms and sharecropped.

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Q: What was the goal of the African Americans during the reconstruction period?
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What lessons about Civil Rights might modern people learn from the experiences of African Americans in the reconstruction period?

That gun ownership is the equalizer against tyrants, theves and murderers, and was used in the reconstruction period by African-Americans many times.


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